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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 31, 1938

Page

4

Farewell party for Miss Phyllis Troop in Bath

Society and clubs notes recount a farewell party for Miss Phyllis A. Troop a four year Steeves Market cashier who is to marry Merton G. Doyle. Guests visited at Carlton W. Perry home and included many local residents. gifts included a bouquet and five ten dollar bills.

Phyllis A. Troop Steeves’ Market Carlton W. Perry High Street Merton G. Doyle Winifred Dougherty Daniel J. Perry Lloyd E. Steeves William J. Allard Donald L. Avery Norman A. Adams Herbert F. Pierce Wesley, Plummer G. Alfred Roberts, Jr Edith Estabrook Peter McCullum Nicholas Vamvakias Virginia Wright Donald Henderson Doris Scott Mary Perkins Donald Perry George Perry Robert Perry Barbara Fisher Barbara Grout

Social events and visits appear in local notices

Miss Barbara Walsh hosted a dinner party on Wednesday to celebrate her 16th birthday with Priscilla Bryant Barbara Freeman Elizabeth Watson Barbara Footer Barbara Mank and others. A surprise shower for Mrs Russell Kenney nee Dorothy Jean occurred at Middle Street with gifts and buffet supper. Jeanette Anderson celebrated her sixth birthday with games and prizes. Howard Pinkham and son Arthur visited Marblehead after staying with relatives in Arrowsic. Mrs Harry E Litchfield and Mrs Oliver Moses attended sports and travel events in Biddeford and Pepperell Hall sessions with Boston and Berkeley connections.

Charles S. Stackpole Middle Street Stackpole Arthur Freeman Irma Groves Percy Miller Frank A. Manion, Jr John H. Sylvester Harry G. Allen Armand Petit Ralph K. King Reginald Atwood Kittery Everett G. White Leslie Wildes Jack Durgin Caroline E. Stackpole Charles Stackpole Phyllis Troop Merton G. Doyle Norman Adams Virginia Wright Mrs. Adams Willow Street Edith Estabrook Barbara Fisher Barbara E. Grout Barbara Walsh Cobb Road Priscilla Bryant Barbara Freeman Elizabeth Watson Barbara Footer Barbara Mank Robert Pletts Wilfred Chaney Donald Pletts George Perry Harold Pletts Preney Russell Kenney Dorothy Jean Richard Young Pearl Savage Mary Gallant Edmund Gaudet Evelyn Gallant Emma MacDonald August Richard Robert Schewerdtfeger Margery Haskell Fred L. Jean Thelma Thornton Lelia Thornton Alton King

Birthday party for Jimmy Hart with games and gifts

Jimmy Hart celebrated his fourth birthday at his parents home on Deering Street with a peanut hunt won by Betty Prentiss and a donkey game won by Betty Lou Genthner and Paul Andrews. Guests included Patsy Ruth Morse, Betty Prentiss, and others. Gifts and cake with ice cream and cookies followed, as weekend visitors Blaine Raymond and Harry H. Cannell Jr. arrived in Bath.

Jimmy Hart John C. Hart Deering Street Betty Prentiss Betty Lou Genthner Paul Andrews Patsy Ruth Morse Joseph F. McCole Pearl Andrews Jackie Hartleb Jackie Hart Carol Jolicoeur Jimmy

Death of Mrs. Sadie Starbird Shocks Bowdoin Town

Mrs. Sadie Starbird dies of a heart attack on Saturday afternoon after weeks of ill health. A Bowdoin resident for over 30 years she leaves husband Alonzo and eight children, with many relatives in Bowdoin, Lewiston, Hallowell, Waldoboro and Lisbon Falls. Services will be held at East Bowdoin chapel and burial at Blanchard cemetery. Other local notes report visits, recoveries, and relatives gathering at L. C. Starbird’s home.

Sadie Starbird Starbird Alonzo Vivian Lyndell California Lelia Gilbert Lewiston Madaline Abrams Elizabeth Clough Hallowell Harold C Waldoboro Clyde P Lisbon Falls Clifford A Bowdoin W. S. Cobb Brunswick Samuel Cobb Auburn East Bowdoin Chapel Blanchard Cemetery Leonard Curtis Caribou N. E. Curtis Harry Durgin Boston Harold Starbird Clyde Starbird L. C. Starbird Irving Clough James Abrams Sibley Gilbert John Curtis Bridgton Curtis N. E. Doughty Miss Beatre Small Portland Nellie Cobb Gardiner Carrie Douglass

Drunken Driving Charge Issued After Brunswick Crash

A warrant charging drunken driving was issued for Frank Pratt after a Brunswick road collision near Mill Pond. Pratt, owner John A. Marco Bath, faced two warrants for leaving the scene and driving without a license, pleading guilty to the latter and paying fines. Everett Banks and others involved faced related charges with minor vehicle damage noted.

Frank Pratt Gardiner R. Deering Brunswick Road Mill Pond Pratt John A. Marco Bath Everett A. Banks Phippsburg Horace W. Pottle Ton E. Clark Joseph A. Butler Alexis Fournier Brunswick Police Marco

Battery H Boys Smoker Hosts Military Social Event

Entertainment was provided by a Hill Billy orchestra with members from Sebasco and West Bath. Guests included city officials Alderman Burgess Jr and councilmen Day Small Leavitt Webber, plus Commander Glenn Easton and Supt John Parker. Army officials Lieutenant Colonel Willis Chapin and Major Henry Peabody attended. The Battery Council led the smoker, organized by Battery social fund.

Hill Billy Elmer Perry William Jones Battery Battery Council Captoe Elver A. Stickney Joseph A. Butler Calvin Kimball Merle Niles Keith Pierce William J. Paisley, Jr Glenn H. Easton, Jr Mark Harrington

Local social notes list visits and travel plans

The Misses Doris Bailey and Isabelle MacInnes will spend the weekend in Bangor and Orono. Mrs Walter A Keyes and Miss Helen Kingsbury stay at Beekman Tower New York City. Allen Clark of Farmingdale visits with Roger Pierce. Prof M W Avery and son Maurice visit Jo seph E Avery in Portland. Esther Drummond from University of Maine enjoys Easter with parents Norman and Mrs Drummond. Mrs Joseph E Thombs of Belfast visits son Leonard Thombs in this city.

Doris Bailey Isabelle MacInnes Bangor Orono Walter A. Keyes Helen Kingsbury Sebasco Estates Beekman Tower Mitchell Place New York City Allen Clark Farmingdale Roger Pierce Park Street M. W. Avery Maurice Williamstown Mass Joseph E. Avery Clifton Street Esther Drummond University of Maine Norman Drummond Arrowsic Joseph E. Thombs Belfast Leonard Thombs Western Union Middle Street

Emergency mobilization group organized in Sagadahoc county

A large contingency chaired by Eldred formed an emergency organization with leaders from Stott to Main and many agencies including Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Salvation Army, police, power and telephone companies. A mobilization drill replicated in New York prompted strict reporting instructions and traffic controls. Vennett urged an afternoon 4 pm drill at the Opera House to avoid child danger if a test coincided with Lent. Archibald M. Main led the meeting at Bath Iron Works with a plan to permanent group status.

Eldred Ardenne A. Stott First Aid Archibald M. Main William S. Blair Marine Division Joseph O. Purdue Boy Scouts Alfred E. Carpenter Gardiner D. Rogers American Légion Auxiliary Adjt E. J. Tripp Salvation Army State Police Lawrence Lowell Ralph W. Bragg Central Maine Power Co Rupert M. Irvine New England Tel. & Tel. Co Frank M. Churchill Charles W. Messenger A. Farley Mayo New York Washington Street Tripp Bath Iron Works Corp Sagadahoc County George B. Wolstenholme F. B. Nichols

Colubian Hall Underway With Large Dancing Floor

Construction on Columbian Hall proceeds with a 60 by 65 foot dancing surface and a 20 foot ceiling. The design includes office quarters in the northeast, rest rooms for both sexes in the northwest, a north balcony for an orchestra, and fireproof metal lath construction. The hall sits above an A and P store replacing several former businesses.

Malia Rowe & Dalrymple Frank Pepper

Wiscasset Town Meeting and Local Social Notices

Damariscotta town meeting moderator Clarence A. Richards serves for the 28th year with no opponent. Local residents visit, host relatives from Massachusetts, attend funerals in Boothbay Harbor, and relocate homes along Bath road. Fire company elects officers including Williams B. Lewis as fire chief. 22 of 24 members attend.

Allen Clarence A. Richards Damariscotta Joanna Evans U. of M Sidney G. Evans Federal Street John C. Fisher West Roxbury Mass Vincent Reed Reed Bath Road Robert DeWolfe Rockland Luther Hall William B. Lewis Philip Munsey Maurice Rines Frank Adams Byron Adams Walter Adams Everett Jackson Roger Cowley Walter Serle

Yachts and local notes from Bath area twenty one

Englishmen may study the American designed yacht Caroline II built at Bath Iron Works and launched July 18 1931 for Elridge R Johnson of Moorestown N J. The 279 ft vessel features a gyroscope ride and an electrically operated three deck elevator. Locally George D Emero begins a Gulf Oil filling station at Water and Vine and Route 1 gains as a gasoline center. Club Garret postpones officer elections to April 7 and Miss Margaret Mackinnon leads the Garret Glee Club. Bath checker champion Woodrow Mitchell defeats Wallace Gould in the Portland Y M C A tournament finals begun on Washington's Birthday. Ex Mayor Harold P Small begins circulation of primary nominating papers for probate register against John L Jack of Topsham, with Walter L Whitney for sheriff also circulating. Republican contest for Bath area posts includes Sheriff Messenger and Langdon Green. Theatre work on Front Elm foundation progresses on land formerly subject to tides. Front and Commercial Streets bridges recall earlier days. Two Bath boatmen steal a march gathering driftwood opposite the city as ice drifts pass. Wildlife movement chair Mrs Sumner Sewall hosts a charity coffee at 1132 Washington St with 12 tables raising 48 dollars to split between wildlife and Cosmopolitan Garden Club. Visitors from Portland Brunswick Boothbay Harbor attend. A fashion show by Larkin Co at Central Church Parish House is planned. Rehearsals for Solar lodge Masons drama The Greatest of These proceed. St Marys minstrel show rehearsals begin at Daughters of Isabella hall with a late April run likely on the 22nd.

Bath Iron Works Corp Elridge R. Johnson Moorestown N. J Illustrated London News

Colby to Attend Maine PTA Program and State GOP Convention

Mrs. Leroy F. Colby leaves Tuesday for Bangor to join state PTA officers at the University of Maine program. She will remain for the biennial Republican state convention Thursday where she has been elected an alternate. Mrs. Colby will stay as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Haven Sawyer during her Bangor visit.

Leroy F. Colby Bangor Parent- Teacher Association University of Maine Colby Haven Sawyer

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Caddy West Madford Cari Troop Miss Caddy Simmons College Raymond Smith Donal Green Carl Langbehn Wilbur Crocker Archie Wishart Maurice Shea Perleston Pert Green Milan Street Woodrow Legge Memorial Hospital Center Street Edward D. True A. Hallet & Co Garden City Long Island N. Y Bertha Lord Bath Memorial Hospital Hew Pear Street South End Elbridge R. Wright Marshall Avenue Vivian Brown Harry W. Crosman Blanche Sprague William H. Small Horace P. Morse Arthur FE. Loesser U. S. Navy Sedgwick Ridin’ Light Lodge U. S. S. Sampson Arthur F. Mayo Philip S. van Hook Stonybrook L I H. B. Briggs, Jr Pearl Street Elmer Prey Lucy Prey Melrose Edgar Murphy Prey W. Fred Wetherbee Miss Prey Laura Craft William J. Craft Edwin W. Haggett West Bath Watertown Byron Steele John Huskins Winship Street Waterville Alice Mulligan Colby College Ivan Kirkpatrick Duncan Brage John Levyn Vincent Henderson Augusta House Augusta John Sonia James A. Gillies, Jr Washington L. C. Andrew Maine R. Clinton McFadden Georgiana McFadden Clara Lessard Georgiana Thibodeau Nellie M. Robinson Robert Cressy Edwin Whitten Carl Y. Kennedy Roscoe P. McFadden Old North End Reginald Barter Howard Rogers Harold Conley Edward LeMoine William Comeau Alphonse Turcotte Arthur Gilmore Comeau George Sprague Topsham Roger McCall Bedford Street W. N. Landers Norfolk W. D. Sewall R. H. Baxter Milton C. Trott Glenn Easton Edward Sewall Redington Rowl Richard Angus Philadelphia John Leutritz Summit John Footer South Street Hamburg London Germany Switzerland France America Angus Irene Footer Leutritz Hazel Footer Edward Risteen Thomaston Fred Sawyer Front Street Elizabeth Tedford Harriet Huggard Noble Grands Club Samuel Rogers Page Street Janice Evelyn Charles A. Parris Brockton, Mass George A. McFadden Winchester Leland Powers School Alice McFadden Winchester Hospital Gertrude Blaisdell Bailey Evening School Melville Charlotte A. Mallet Lillian I. Melville Ruby E. Martha Tinney Emma Cummings Winifred Morse Jennie H. Knights Isabel B. Wiley Isabel Tanner Eleanor Brown Ann Perkins Fred Quimby Alice Cotter Ethel Bourget Welfare Club of Grace Church Charles M. Tubbs Patricia Sewall Sewall Bryant Elizabeth Williams Mary Cunningham Dancing Teachers Club Hotel Lennox Jeanette H. Anderson Stewart J. Anderson Meadow Way Marilyn Donald Hagan Colin Mitchell Eunice Edwin Pink Judith Hibbs Sue Stover Eliza Estabrook Pauline Willette William Gray Stanley Anderson Howard Pinkham Arthur Marblehead Edith Campbell Ida M. Beals Sagadahoc Ferry Harry E. Litchfield West Palm Beach Fla Calvin W. Rogers Mrs. Rogers Oliver Moses E., P. Briggs Nessey Pepperell Hall Biddeford John F. Freete Hollywood Cal Charles Parce Berkeley Cal Big Pines Mr. Parce M.I.T John R. Newell Blaine Raymond Harry H. Cannell, Jr William Mann Frances Conley Richard East Orange Henry M. Biggins Chestnut Street Senter's Marguerite Koughan W. H. McGlinchy Arthur J. Dunton Carney Hospital Francis McLaughlin Mary Elizabeth William T. Donnell Marilyn Towne Lucy Ann Haggett Marlene Faye Holbrook Elizabeth Cornish Norman Donald Warren Kenney Ronald Larrabee Victor Richard Lonn Albert Melvin Harold Cornish William R. Donnell Victor R. Lonn Melvin ‘Cornish Katherine Preston Everett W. H McGlinchy Harold R. Roberts Dummerstreet Lima Peru Sumner Sewall South American North American San Francisco Los Angeles Jason A. Merrill Marie Louise E. Briggs Rose Freeze Mt. Holyoke College Edmund P. Briggs Elizabeth Deering Sargent School of Physical Education Cambridge Freeport Jacob Smith Maxwell Powers Woman's Field Army Mayfair Lafayette Frank Lahey Lahey Clinic Eileen Jones National Honor Society Bliss College Morse High John McInnes Congress Lucille K. Johnson Westbrook Junior College Katharine Johnson Summer Street Battery H Boys Columbian Hall Lois Swett Worcester State Hospital Worcester Mass Martha Bridge Linden Street George D. Emero Gulf Oil Water and Vine Streets Garret Garret Glee Club Margaret Mackinnon Woodrow Mitchell Harold P. Small Register of Probate John L. Jack Walter L. Whitney Richmond Langdon Green Front Elm Streets Elm Street Water Street Wildlife Conservation Movement State Wildlife Conservation Movement Cosmopolitan Garden Club Boothbay Harbor Larkin Co Solar Lodge Masonic Temple St. Mary’s Daughters of Isabella Hall Edward Clarence Plummer Henry W. Owen, Jr the Times Co Front Street Bath, Me Telephone
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